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Strengthening the Competitiveness and Sustainability of a Semiconductor Manufacturer with Cloud Manufacturing
Chen, Toly - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 1, pp. 251-266
competitiveness and sustainability of a wafer fab is also stressed. …
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness within SMEs of the Fashion Industry: Evidence from Italy and France
Battaglia, Massimo; Testa, Francesco; Bianchi, Lara; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 872-893
Our paper analyses the link between the adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and competitiveness … and Medium sized Enterprises) located in Italy and France and is based on a correlation analysis between competitiveness … competitiveness macro-category, which is the market performance (measured as demand trend, turnover and business attraction), presents …
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A Systematic Cycle Time Reduction Procedure for Enhancing the Competitiveness and Sustainability of a Semiconductor Manufacturer
Chen, Toly - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 11, pp. 4637-4652
Cycle time reduction plays an important role in improving the competitiveness and sustainability of a semiconductor … actions to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of a semiconductor manufacturer. First, some controllable factors …
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Competitiveness <i>vs.</i> Sustainability: An Assessment of Profitability as a Component of an Approach on “Sustainable Competitiveness” in Extensive Farming Systems of Central Spa...
Farah, Andrea Baudoin; Gómez-Ramos, Almudena - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 8029-8055
coexistence of both competitiveness and sustainable development. This paper analyzes the competitiveness of production systems in …, livestock and mixed farming systems. The results show very different levels of competitiveness which are not necessarily related …
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Sustainability and Competitiveness in Australian Cities
Hu, Richard - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1840-1860
This study injects sustainability into competitiveness to inform policy making and planning for contemporary urban … development. This is built upon the recent advancement in the scholarship on urban competitiveness that demonstrates a clear … concern for environmental sustainability and its relationship with urban competitiveness and their conceptual and …
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Sustainable Development Plan for Korea through Expansion of Green IT: Policy Issues for the Effective Utilization of Big Data
Baek, Hyun; Park, Sun-Kyoung - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1308-1328
The South Korean government is providing full support for green IT as one of the growth engines of Korea. The purpose of this study is to derive policy issues needed for the sustainable development of Korea through utilizing Big Data by applying green IT. The analysis is done using a Delphi...
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A New Strategy for Utilizing Rice Forage Production Using a No-Tillage System to Enhance the Self-Sufficient Feed Ratio of Small Scale Dairy Farming in Japan
Zahra, Windi Al; Yasue, Takeshi; Asagi, Naomi; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 4975-4989
Rice forage systems can increase the land use efficiency in paddy fields, improve the self-sufficient feed ratio, and provide environmental benefits for agro-ecosystems. This system often decreased economic benefits compared with those through imported commercial forage feed, particularly in...
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Considerations When Applying Simplified LCA Approaches in the Wine Sector
Arzoumanidis, Ioannis; Raggi, Andrea; Petti, Luigia - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5018-5028
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used to improve the environmental performance of food systems and simplification of LCA appears to be a vital question, especially for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Following a literature review on simplified LCA tools and their...
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Challenges for Sustainable Development and Its Legal Response in China: A Perspective for Social Transformation
Qin, Tianbao - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5075-5106
With rapid development since the 1970s, China is entering a period of social transformation, which not only creates favorable conditions for sustainable development but also presents new challenges. The transitional period in China is a stage in which two types of social transformation coexist,...
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cycle Time Estimation in Wafer Fabrication-Efficient Methodology and Managerial Implications
Chen, Toly; Wang, Yu-Cheng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5107-5128
Cycle time management plays an important role in improving the performance of a wafer fabrication factory. It starts from the estimation of the cycle time of each job in the wafer fabrication factory. Although this topic has been widely investigated, several issues still need to be addressed,...
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